“They will decide whether to recover this round later or push all the fixtures back by a week.

“We did not take into consideration the option of playing all the games on Sunday, as we wanted to send a signal amid this tragedy,” said Abete.

“By stopping the Leagues, we feel that we made the right decision, considering we were minutes away from kick-off in Milan-Genoa.

“There was great support from CONI President Gianni Petrucci, while I also spoke with the Presidents of the Lega Pro, Players’ Association and others. The Federation took the independent decision, but found no disagreement anyway.”